Path of Light.

Chapter 603 604. Energy Conservation
This powerful adventure group in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, in addition to a group of second-level strongmen, is actually followed by some powerful mercenary warriors. These mercenaries are almost all first-level peak elf warriors.

Among the forty-seven members, there are sixteen second-level strongmen, and Byron Thor is one of them.

Roy wrapped his whole body in a magic cloak, which not only shielded his own aura but also protected him from the erosion of darkness.

This was not the first time Roy had walked into the dark land, and he was very familiar with the environment around the Dark Portal.

There are relatively few dark creatures nearby, and of course this is inseparable from him.

After walking out of the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp, looking around, you will see a desolate scene under the dark red sky, with black oily soil, sand, and gravel everywhere.

Only when the sky turns red will the adventure group follow the signposts and head deeper into the dark land.

These road signs were custom-made with the simplest wooden boards, and even had traces of the Statue of Liberty left on them. After the paint on the signs fell off, the wood had become severely rotten. Roy felt that if he just pinched it with his hands, the signs would probably rot away.

Every one or two kilometers, everyone will find a road sign, and the adventure group will follow the road signs to the Isnes Expeditionary Force Camp.

When the dark red sky begins to darken, the adventure group will start looking for a campsite...

At this time, the creatures in the dark land gradually woke up from their slumber, and the surroundings fell into darkness.

Sitting in the tent, Roy could clearly feel countless dark creatures floating outside the tent. He put his face behind the curtain at the entrance of the tent and could vaguely see those dark creatures in the air. They were like thousands of small fish swimming in the boundless ocean. The scene was spectacular and even a little scary.

The camp where Roy was located was a secluded place somewhere in the deep and desolate seabed.

Even if there are so many second-level strongmen in the adventure group, they will not be able to travel during the time when the dark creatures wake up.

Every day, the tent must be set up before it gets completely dark.

The camping sites we choose are almost always in the cracks of some huge rocks, or in a huge shallow pit on the flat ground, or in a valley, etc.

The tents built in the temporary camp were mostly short. Even when Roy curled up in the tent, his head would still touch the top of the tent. The outside of the tent was also covered with a layer of magic cloth that could isolate the breath of the adventurers.

Roy and Byron Thor lived in the same tent. Sharing the same tent with them were the great magician Daracle and the dwarf shield warrior Linglan Bronzebeard. So Roy slept near the door of the tent. As long as he slightly opened the curtain at the door, he could see the pitch-black night sky outside.

Just as Roy was peeking out, Byron Thor, who was sleeping on the other side, suddenly opened his eyes. He sat up suddenly and quickly reached out to close the curtain...

At the same time, a huge shadow suddenly appeared above the tent. A black giant more than 20 meters tall almost brushed the edge of the camp and slowly passed through the land.

The dwarf shield warrior, who had fallen asleep a long time ago, just stretched out a strong arm from his sleeping bag, wiped his nostrils, and fell into deep sleep again.

There is almost nothing on this road to Isnes except dark creatures.

Although the adventure group is composed of strong men from mercenary groups and adventure groups, and has rich experience in survival in the wild, this depressing itinerary still makes everyone irritable, and many negative emotions grow from the bottom of their hearts. Some members with bad tempers will occasionally mutter a few words.

Everyone fell silent, and even normal communication gradually decreased.

The depressing atmosphere will make people feel restless...

……

However, Roy said that the atmosphere in the tent was quite harmonious.

Because the great magician Darakli and the shield warrior Linglan Bronzebeard were both close friends of Byron Thor, they were in the same mercenary group. After the mercenary group was disbanded, the three of them separated for various reasons.

Byron Thor created a new mercenary group.

Just when this mercenary group was developing at its best, it suddenly received a commission from the Statue of Liberty.

The mercenary group then joined the Temple Expedition and entered the Dark Land...

At the beginning, the Temple Expeditionary Force's offensive in the Dark Land was almost unstoppable, and they continued to conquer vast tracts of land in the Dark Land.

But later, the supreme commander of the Temple Expeditionary Force, Bishop Prince, discovered that the Temple Expeditionary Force had no way of occupying the Dark Land. As the battle line gradually lengthened, various problems began to emerge within the Temple Expeditionary Force.

After a two-month-long battle, almost all members of Byron Thor's mercenary group were killed or wounded...

Byron Thor wanted to go to the battlefield ruins in the Dark Land and bring the remains of his mercenary companions back to the Elf Continent. He had even prepared a cemetery, which was a hillside with a clear stream flowing through it and covered with lush chestnut trees.

Byron Thor hopes that the souls of these mercenary members can return to the Fountain of Life. The elves believe that only in this way can the dead elves be reborn.

The other second-level strongmen who are willing to enter the dark land actually have some ideas of their own.

Some powerful elves are looking for rare magic materials in the Dark Land, because once the Dark Portal is sealed, it will become more difficult to obtain those magic materials...

Some powerful elves venture into the dark land in order to search for their relatives who are lost in the dark land.

Of course, some elves enter the Dark Land to become a demon hunter...

The vast majority of the second-turn strongmen are followed by some followers, and these followers are also first-turn peak warriors.

Roy's main role in the team is to use the power of holy light to dispel the darkness from everyone every three days, and to purify the negative emotions that grow in everyone's hearts.

Although the second-level strongmen are not easily affected by the dark energy, they will be corroded by the dark energy if they stay in the dark land for a long time...

……

On the eighth day after this group of powerful adventurers entered the Dark Land, they built a temporary camp under a huge rock.

Roy used a hammer to drive an iron rod into the hard soil and tied a cable. He had consumed a lot of Holy Light power recently and felt easily tired no matter what he did.

He put down the hammer in his hand, and just in time saw the magician Dalakli, who was hiding in the corner, finish his meditation and slowly open his eyes.

He looked at Roy curiously and couldn't help asking him:

"Roy, as a priest, don't you need to pray every day?"

Roy returned the hammer to Linglan Bronzebeard, the red-bearded dwarf uncle, and said to the great magician whose real age could not be seen:

"I don't believe in the Statue of Liberty, so I seldom pray." The great magician Dalakli asked curiously:
"So where does your holy light power come from?"

Roy thought about it seriously before answering:

"When I was in the Elf Continent, the Holy Light power was floating around my body. They were very tiny, like dust in the air. I could absorb these Holy Light particles and keep the Holy Light power in my body full."

The great magician Dalakli waved his hand and asked Roy to sit next to him, and continued:
"But there are almost no particles of Holy Light in the air of the Dark Land. What did you do?"

It was getting dark all around, and some dark creatures began to wake up, swimming slowly in the air.

Roy said: "The situation was better at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp. At least it was only separated from Golfito by a Dark Gate, and there was also a holy water pool in the camp. The power of holy light could be restored quickly."

"Once you enter the depths of the dark land, it becomes much more difficult to recover the power of holy light. However, for this trip, I also brought some holy water with me. I hope I can hold on for a while longer."

The great magician Dalakli chanted a very simple magic spell and tore open a magic scroll casually. His movements looked as casual as tearing a piece of straw paper. Then a translucent ice shield covered him and Roy.

Roy was originally planning to return to the tent, but now with this magic ice cover, he decided to sit for a while...

"Are you a great magician?" Roy asked.

The Great Magician Dalakli nodded and admitted, "Yes, it was a long time ago, but it's a pity that I have never been able to become a third-level magician."

"I'm very curious about what a second-level great magician is like. Can you tell me about it?" Roy asked humbly.

The great magician Dalakli didn't know how to explain it, so he chose a language that Roy could accept and said:

"Well, when your elemental affinity is high enough, you can use the power of magic to temporarily possess an elemental body, enter the elemental world, and sign a magic contract with elemental creatures."

"This way, when you fight, you can use your body as a bridge and rely on your elemental contract partner to borrow a large amount of elemental power from the elemental world in a short period of time. Only in this way can you cast fourth-level group magic. For example, the most commonly used group magic by water elf magicians is blizzard, fire magicians can cast meteor showers, wind magicians can cast tornadoes, and so on..."

"There's no water here. Can we cast a blizzard?" Roy asked.

The great magician Dalakli said casually:

"Of course you can. In fact, after research, we have discovered that the elements of wind, fire, water and earth, or between light and darkness, can theoretically transform into each other. There are a lot of earth and wind elements here. We can usually restore mana through meditation, and we can use contracted partners to cast advanced group magic during battle. So whether there is water here does not affect our casting of water magic."

Roy was slightly stunned. It was the first time he heard the great magician explain the relationship between magic elements.

Somehow, Roy remembered the law of conservation of energy, so he said:

"My physics teacher, Mister Dasheng, once said something that makes a lot of sense now. He said that energy can neither be created nor destroyed out of thin air. It can only be transformed from one form to another, or transferred from one object to another, while the total amount of energy remains unchanged."

“This sentence seems to be quite philosophical.”

At this time, Byron Thor poked his head out of the tent and said something.

At this time, the great magician Darakli seemed to be frozen in place, and his hand on his chest never fell.

He pondered for a long time before coming to his senses. With a strange light flashing in his eyes, he praised Roy and asked:
"This sentence is so well said that it can be written into a magic book! This Mister Dasheng must be a great magician, right? But what is physics? Is it a subject of magic?"

Roy felt that he had let something slip and didn't know how to bring the topic back, so he had to bite the bullet and say:
"Physics is a discipline that studies the basic structure of matter, such as the four elements of wind, fire, water and earth."

The eyes of the great magician Dalakli became brighter, and he said excitedly:
"He is indeed a magician!"

Roy couldn't help but cover his forehead. He didn't want to talk about this topic at all.

……

In recent days, a question has been lingering in Roy's mind.

This is what the great magician Daracle said: the elements of wind, fire, water and earth can be transformed into each other.

Then, it is actually possible for light and darkness to transform into each other.

The priests walked in the dark land, and they had no way to absorb the power of holy light in the dark land. The farther they went, the more difficult it became to obtain the power of holy light.

Recently, Roy could only rely on holy water to slowly recover the power of holy light. Unfortunately, the power of holy light he consumed was far more than what he gained from the holy water.

In recent days, Roy could no longer sense the presence of holy light particles around his body. As the effect of the holy water became weaker and weaker, the holy light power in Roy's body continued to decrease.

He tried to sit under the Holy Light Tree and meditate, but it was of no use.

Although the Holy Light Tree emitted soft holy light, it could not restore the power of holy light in his body.

In addition, the flowers of light on the Holy Light Tree are withering every day.

It is unknown how far the road to the Isnes expeditionary camp is.

There was gravel and rubble everywhere. Roy followed the team and moved forward with difficulty. His physical strength had been overdrawn, and he had to drink a physical strength potion every morning and evening.

There is no water or light in the Dark Land, and it is filled with dark creatures.

Travelers walking in the darkness should deal with all this with caution.

While setting up the makeshift camp, Roy failed to hold the hammer tightly in his hand, and the hammer fell on the sand, almost hitting his toes.

Lanling Bronzebeard quickly asked him to sit aside and rest, and picked up the hammer to complete the next work.

Roy's body became a little weak, so he chose a quiet corner next to the tent to rest.

It is said that every priest in the dark land would be in the same predicament as Roy if they did not have the protection of a holy artifact.

Roy pulled a water bag from his waist bag, uncorked it and drank some holy water.

The meager power of holy light could only give Roy's body a slight relief. If he wanted to fully restore the power of holy light in his body, he would probably have to soak him in a pool of holy water...

(End of this chapter)